Not only you are in the verge of dreaming for split Iran but also
you are permitting yourself to change a nations name??.

The term Persian is WRONG (www.peymanmeli.org/page10.asp)

There is only ONE IRAN, and ONE NATION, and that is CALLED IRAN,
and the people called Iranians.

MR. Ledeen, let me tell you; does not matter who is your audience,
and does not matter, even, if you mysteriously call one from LORI
speaking Iranians to your conference for its legitimating purposes.
In any case what you have initiated is WRONG; this business is non-of
your and it remains for Iranians to decide; if and when and how they
have to deal with their internal provinces.

Tomorrow is late,,, faster stay out of this NOW!

H.C.

Dear Mr. Ledeen,

I am an Azerbaijani. My family name is proof of it. I do not need
to identify myself any further.

I always appreciated your efforts to free Iran.

But this recent act of holding a conference of Iranian separatists
has come as shock not only to me but to the majority of Iranians.

I have to confess that I am an Iranian First & then Azerbaijani,
not the vise versa.

Please carry on your good work & do not disappoint patriotic
Iranians!

The individuals who are the panelists at AEIs event on October
26, 2005, The Unknown Iran; Another Case for Federalism?are
not representatives of Azerbaijanis, Kurds, Baluchis, and Arabs. Some
of the panelists support extremist views that are not supported by
most Azerbaijanis, Kurds, Baluchis, and Arabs. Some of the panelists
have a record of activities against the interests of the Iranian people.
Some of the panelists have supported the effort to disintegrate Iran.

The overwhelming majority of the individuals and groups in the Iranian
democracy movement support a democratic form of government that will
respect the rights of all Iranians, including Azerbaijanis, Kurds,
Persians, Baluchis, Arabs, Turkmen and other religious or dialect
minorities. However, there are different views regarding federalism,
and it is not an issue that can be resolved before the liberation
of Iran. Emphasizing the issue of federalism today will cause further
harmful divisions among political groups, and delay Irans liberation
from the despotic rule of the mullahs. The best course is for political
groups with diverse views to work together to achieve the high priority
goal of liberating Iran, and resolve divisive issues such as federalism
after the fall of the Khomeinist regime.

Many Iranians appreciate previous efforts by AEI to support the Iranian
democracy movement, and they are shocked and disappointed by AEI providing
a platform to extremist individuals who promote distorted and divisive
agendas. Those who seek to disintegrate Iran are not part of the solution;
they are part of the problem. Any activities to promote extremist
separatists will help the agenda of the terrorist Islamic Republic.

I urge AEI to be very careful in its actions regarding Iran, and
avoid activities that will help the terror masters in Tehran. AEI
has previously provided important support for the Iranian democracy
movement, and we hope that AEI will continue to stand with the Iranian
people in the future in the struggle to free Iran and the world from
the tyranny of the Islamic Republic.

My parents are from Khorasan. My ancestry is not Iranian but Uzbek
and I look very much Uzbek/Turkaman. Europeans rarely guess I am of
Persian origins.

The pact made by my great great parents and the people of Iran is
acceptance of the supremacy of Iranian culture. Any effort otherwise
would lead to the disintegration of not the Islamic Republic but of
Iran. And following the horrendous experience of the last 26 years,
probably a lebanonisation of Iran.

If after decades of failed policies towards influencing Iran, the
AEI thinks that they can pressure the mullahs by pushing the separatist
interests, they may well get just what they wanted, a Soviet style
collapse of Iran.

Only problem is that the Russians nationalist leading the Communist
cause were weakened by the Soviet collapse. The Persians who are not
in control of the country will be weakened as well for sure. But the
Islamist, the maggot brained groups in power today, will be strengthened
by a collapse of the social fabric of the country. They breed in negative
thoughts and dark realities. If they feel they might loose power in
the near future, they will welcome such a scenario.